Switch conversations while a reply runs, then return to it. Voice Note has clearer controls and more transcription models. Local chat is faster, too.
On-Device AI puts chat, listening, transcription, notes, and research in one private app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Your data stays on your device.
Download a model once and keep working on a plane, on the subway, or without a signal. Chats, documents, recordings, and notes stay on your device. Online providers and web features are optional and work only after you enable them.
ONE APP, YOUR WAY
Open every workspace from a customizable Menu. Keep favorites under Pinned and everything else close by under Available.
AI CHAT
Chat with local or cloud models.
• Run local models from families such as Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, and Mistral, or connect your own provider account
• Browse, download, and manage models that fit your device, including ones for text, vision, reasoning, and tools
• Drop in documents, images, and scanned PDFs; approve private on-device OCR only when a PDF needs it
• Fork any conversation and compare several models on the same prompt
• Let the model use tools for calculations, web requests, documents, Calendar, and Reminders, and review proposed changes before they apply
• Create reusable Agent Profiles, then add AI Skills, MCP servers, and tools from one clearer Agent Workflows setup
• Keep facts you repeat often in Global Memory
LISTEN LIBRARY AND RSS FEEDS
Read less, listen more.
• Turn PDFs, Markdown, plain text, web articles, and scanned books into a listening queue
• Scan photographed pages, correct the OCR the app runs on device, and keep each page with its spoken text
• Follow sites through RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds, then send articles to Up Next
• Choose Apple voices or local neural voices, follow along in the reader, and set a sleep timer
VOICE NOTE, VOICE TYPING, AND TEXT TO SPEECH
Speak instead of typing, and listen instead of reading.
• Record and transcribe meetings, lectures, interviews, and quick ideas
• Dictate with Voice Typing on Mac or the voice keyboard on iPhone and iPad
• Transcribe with Apple Speech, Whisper, Parakeet, Nemotron, Qwen3-ASR, MOSS, and other engines
• Turn text, or text captured from a photo, into audio with Apple voices, Kokoro, Supertonic, VoxCPM2, IndexTTS2, and other engines
• Export transcripts as text, subtitles, or Markdown
AI SEARCH AND AI BROWSER
Research with a second pair of hands.
• Search the web in a conversation and let the model read the results for you
• Browse with tabs, profiles, history, and downloads, then ask your model to read, assist, or act on the page
• Hand a task to the browser agent, watch each step, and take over whenever you want
KNOWLEDGE AND TEXT NOTE
Give your AI your own material to work from.
• Add PDFs, text, Markdown, code, images, and website content to a private searchable library
• Write and edit Markdown notes in the app
• Import AI chats, voice notes, Text to Speech items, and AI Search results
• Tune retrieval and index edited content again
APP HELP
Ask how a feature or setting works. App Help answers from a guide that ships inside the app, keeps help out of your saved chats, and points to the right settings.
MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES
• Native layouts adapt from focused navigation on iPhone to category sidebars on larger screens
• Settings are grouped by purpose, including Voice Typing, Agent Workflows, Models & Storage, Privacy & Data, Memory, and—on Mac—Instant Messaging
• Widgets for Listen, Voice Note, Text Note, and Quick Actions
• Siri, Apple Shortcuts, App Intents, the Mac menu bar, and keyboard shortcuts you can customize
• Apple hardware acceleration for supported local models
• Browse chat, transcription, speech, and embedding models in one Model Library
• Store models internally, on an external drive, or on a shared volume, with separate tools for cleanup and recovery
• Interface in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Traditional Chinese
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Robust Framework, Except need for Experience Improvement
Redhat_man
So far it’s been a very good catalogue of integrated models, and recent add of the DeepSeek variants is even more appealing. Few areas of improvement, especially in saving chats or for the system to automatically save each chat session or have user save them and be able to return to them in future. Currently it is quite annoying to loose chats that have started, only to start rebuilding the whole context again. Also providing a means to base saves chats to specific Models will be a very good. Can’t wait to see or experience the next update. So far so good, but missing features elaborated make it. A tertiary app compared to others i use as a default. Perhaps these updates when done could change that.
Developer Response
Thank you for your support and suggestions! That’s really valuable feedback. I’ll try to work on improving the chat experience in future updates. Please continue to support us!
Best local AI on iPhone
beats1393
I honestly can’t fathom how this app is free. It’s like stumbling upon a treasure chest in a sea of paid apps that don’t even offer a fraction of these features. The fact that you can run AI models locally, with this much precision and functionality, is mind-blowing. Meanwhile, so many “premium” apps charge a hefty price for far less.Now, about the negative reviews—let’s address the elephant in the room. If your 6GB iPhone can’t handle an 8B model, that’s not the app’s fault; it’s basic tech knowledge. Calling the app a “scam” because of hardware limitations is akin to blaming a sports car for not fitting in a bicycle lane. Let’s be real: you wouldn’t try to cram a piano into a shoebox, so why attempt to run a high-performance model on a device not equipped for it?This app is a gem, and any criticism rooted in misunderstanding is just noise. It’s evident that the developers behind this masterpiece know their stuff, and the fact that it’s accessible to everyone at no cost deserves applause. If you’re into cutting-edge AI and have the right hardware, this app is a game-changer. Don’t sleep on it!
Upgrading my review to 5 stars...
sjm49
UPDATE: The Developer's prompt response below took care of the problem after I unplugged my iPad from the charging brick, while running the app, my device no longer overheated. I really like this app and appreciate the rapid response support. Having access to LLMs offline (when wi-fi connectivity isn't available) is a much appreciated gift. Thanks🙏🏼 ............................. ORIGINAL REVIEW: How can I use this app on my ipad pro (12.9" m1 fifth gen 16mb device with 1TB memory) but without it overheating my device??? For example, I just ran a simple search and analysis of cutlery "super-steels" and my device screen promptly heated up to the touch. No other apps I have used elicit this speedy and high a temperature increase. I am concerned that continuing to use it will damage my iPad. Developer, please discuss and identify how to fix this problem. Please note that I downloaded only one of the two LLMs recommended by the app for this iPad's capabilities.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback! Since the AI models run locally on your device for privacy, intensive processing does generate heat, especially during long tasks. This is particularly noticeable when your device is connected to power during use.Immediate suggestions:1) Disconnect from power cable during AI processing when possible2) Take breaks between longer tasks to let device cool downI'm going to adding a thread control setting that will let you adjust processing threads. Lower thread count = less heat but slower processing. Higher thread count = faster but more heat. You'll be able to choose the balance that works for your needs.Thanks for helping make the app better!
Shortcuts compatibility is awesome!
MemeMaster's Play
The ability to make a shortcut that allows for running an LLM in the background is great. Do you believe that there are any extra features you can add for shortcut compatibility? For example: - Defining a system prompt - Continuing a conversation - Defining a preset conversation (to be used as synthetic context) then generating a response to the defined conversation ... all in Shortcuts :D There are just a few problems, however. I've come to find that a message may just stop generating out of the blue, and that in Shortcuts, generated responses from the same query are always the same. Aside from these minor issues, thank you so much for implementing this feature, I can see many practical shortcut workflows coming up in the near future, and maybe you could even put together a community of Shortcut users where they show off cool little applets and masterpieces through the power of prompt engineering!
Version 1.50.0 makes AI Chat more dependable while you move between conversations, and gives you more ways to transcribe on iPhone and iPad.
• Start a reply, open another conversation, and return to find the response where it belongs. If a response is interrupted, you can retry from that conversation, with any saved partial output retained.
• Local chat models now show which engine they use in the model picker, making similar versions easier to tell apart. We also updated the engine behind local chat for faster responses.
• More transcription models are available on supported iPhone and iPad devices, including additional Parakeet, Canary, Nemotron, Cohere, and MOSS choices. Availability still depends on the device and model requirements.
• Qwen3-ASR now offers four size and precision choices on eligible devices. You can remove an older download separately and choose a current one. Your recordings and transcripts stay where they are.
• Voice Note on iPhone puts Record within easy reach and groups optional recording settings. Model details and download activity are clearer. Speech downloads show a Cancel button, and finished models are easier to find before you choose to use them.
• Long transcription and speech jobs now use smaller chunks on supported local models to help keep memory use under control. The app still checks each model's limits.
• Fixed Parakeet TDT v3 being marked incomplete after a successful download. On Mac, Canary 1B v2 now prepares without blocking the app and shows progress during audio imports.
Version 1.50.0
The developer, Zijie Deng, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
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Supported Features
VoiceOver
Dark Interface
Information
Seller
Zijie Deng
Size
1.9 GB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later. • iPhone XS • iPhone XS Max • iPhone XR • iPhone 11 • iPhone 11 Pro • iPhone 11 Pro Max • iPhone SE (2nd generation) • iPhone 12 mini • iPhone 12 • iPhone 12 Pro • iPhone 12 Pro Max • iPhone 13 Pro • iPhone 13 Pro Max • iPhone 13 mini • iPhone 13 • iPhone SE (3rd generation) • iPhone 14 • iPhone 14 Plus • iPhone 14 Pro • iPhone 14 Pro Max • iPhone 15 • iPhone 15 Plus • iPhone 15 Pro • iPhone 15 Pro Max • iPhone 16 • iPhone 16 Plus • iPhone 16 Pro • iPhone 16 Pro Max • iPhone 16e • iPhone 17 Pro • iPhone 17 Pro Max • iPhone 17 • iPhone Air • iPhone 17e • iPhone 18 Pro • iPhone 18 Pro Max • iPhone Duo
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later. • iPad Pro (11‑inch) • iPad Pro (11‑inch) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation) • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad mini (5th generation) • iPad mini (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Air (3rd generation) • iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation) • iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation) • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Air (4th generation) • iPad Air (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad (8th generation) • iPad (8th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) • iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad mini (6th generation) • iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad (9th generation) • iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air (5th generation) • iPad Air (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad (10th generation) • iPad (10th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (11‑inch) (4th generation) • iPad Pro (11‑inch) (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (6th generation) • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (6th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 11-inch (M2) • iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 13-inch (M2) • iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) • iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) • iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad mini (A17 Pro) • iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad (A16) • iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 11-inch (M3) • iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 13-inch (M3) • iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) • iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) • iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 11-inch (M4) • iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular • iPad Air 13-inch (M4) • iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 2.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
Languages
English and 8 more
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese